It’s quite easy to get fed up with life in the UK at this time of year, especially if the weather consists of sunshine and heavy rain. Granted it’s unseasonably […]
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After all the fuss about Christmas and New Years, I very often find that January is a brain dead month for me, and 2014 is proving to be no exception. […]
The weather in the UK since at least a week before Christmas Day has been so bad it has me wondering when is this wind and rain going to end. […]
We had a rather nice Father’s Day weekend, with Debbie’s Mum and Dad coming over to use for lunch on Sunday, and then her daughter and fiance turned up as […]
I became A Grandad for the first time today with the news that my son and his wife had a baby this morning, born almost 2 weeks early by c-section. […]
You know what it’s like when a job that ought to be really simple just ends up going wrong for no reason of your own. This is what happened to […]
I don’t know how many readers of this blog are into football; I’m sure some are and most will have friends or family who have the disease. At its best […]
I always wanted a boat, ever since my Dad had to sell our cabin cruiser when I was 15. Sadly, with the economy the way it is, this is about all I can afford.
Sad Songs: why do we love them? I think we all have our favourite sad songs – songs that we turn to when we’re miserable and songs that make us […]
I went out to do my weekend chore of picking up his mess in the garden, for which I keep a small trowel which is dug in a flower bed. I began my “search and retrieve” mission, then realized the trowel handle was all slimy and wet.